Miss Bailey

This picture was taken the day before we got her. She is cuter now (and not wearing a stupid blue collar... she's a girl, so she has a pink and brown polka dotted collar now.. that is way too big for her actually)
Anyway, we've had a lot going on, so I keep forgetting to get my camera cord out before I come to work to upload some of the pictures that we have taken of her in her new home.

But here's the update:
-Bailey went potty for the first time yesterday (big achievement) and has gone like 8 times since.. now, I don't mean that she went potty OUTSIDE for the first time.. she just hadn't gone at ALL since we got her.. there was way too many new things to discover, not enough time to stop and relieve herself.

-Her personality really started to come out yesterday... my mom took her out to their house to play with the "big dogs" and she sassed to her little hearts content (we wouldn't have it any other way, naturally). She would bare her teeth, and bark and bark and bark at the other dogs (mostly Hank) she's a sassy little thing, and we're PROUD of her. :-)

-She finally got interested in chew toys (and chewing on things that AREN'T toys)

-She learned the joys of retrieving (oddly enough, it took longer than expected for a Golden RETRIEVER) she now proudly pounces down the little chew ball, and then pounces ON the chew ball. We think it's pretty much the cutest thing in the world to watch..

-Bailey is an experienced "walker" she has been on at least 3 walks a day every day so far.. she gets tired fast, but she loves experiencing all of the construction noise, and joyfully greeting all of the construction workers who she THINKS should naturally be her friends.

-She ran herself ragged yesterday trying to keep up with the big dogs (who my mom refers to as her "cousins" which is quite silly since they would actually be her uncles.. but.. it's a little creepy to assign the dogs human titles anyway.. plus that makes her my parents' grandpuppy.. and that's just funny)

-Because of that exhausting play time.. she slept completely through the night last night (GLORY) she went to sleep at 9:00, Luke and I watched an episode of Lost and went to sleep around 10:30 (we were in bed though, because she would have never gone to sleep without us) and she didn't get up until 4:00 when I got up to go to the bathroom. She felt me get out of bed, and was overjoyed that she got to get up and play.. Luke took her directly outside, she walked out the door, made it about 3 feet, peed on the sidewalk, and RAN back inside and up the stairs (or 3/4 of the way, stopped to catch her breath THEN continued up the stairs) was placed back on the bed, tormented me until she was thoroughly convinced that I wasn't going to get up and play with her.. then settled back in and slept until 6:45 when Luke got up and took her downstairs for breakfast.

-And now she's out in my car sleeping soundly, until around 11:00 when I'll take her home for her lunch and another walk. Until then, she barks at everyone that gets close to her.. hoping they'll come pay attention to her.. she really loves attention!

We love her a whole bunch, and included one additional picture of her at her old home with her brothers and sisters.. she's the one on the far right (same blue collar).. she's waving at you (or begging to be released.. one of the two...)
and these are her parents.. the light one is her mom.. the dark one is her dad...
oh.. and this is just funny.. the following picture is of one of her brothers, who they endearingly nicknamed Chubs.. is it any question why???
Actually, we chose Bailey because she was the only one in the litter that WASN'T a tub-o. (because Hank had enough puppy fat for any one family...)
That's all for now..